Once upon a time, there was a kind old grandmother, a daughter, and two beautiful children. They decided to travel to a far off land to acquire some exotic fabrics, to make beautiful clothing for the city. The grandmother and mother went off to shop, leaving the kids with some money to play games. Like all little kids the money didn't last long enough to keep the kids preoccupied while the adults where handling business. The oldest one had a stroke of genius when he saw a bridge built over a wishing pond.
"Come." He said to his little sister, "I have an idea."
They walked to the center of the bridge and the brother said, "You have to squeeze through the bars. I can't I'm to big. I'll hold your ankles, while you fish out as much money as you can."
The little girl opened her mouth to protest.... "Do you want to play games or not?!" Her brother snapped.
The little girl slid between the rails on the bridge and let herself down slowing, praying that her brother would not drop her. Her fingers skimmed the water, as her brother lowered her closer to the surface. After about fifteen minutes both children had a handful of coins.
"We need quarters." The boy said. He then gave the little girl all the change besides the quarters. She walked up to a nice young lady behind a counter, and said "Excuse me miss, but can I get these in quarters please."
The young lady took one look at the little girl with a such innocent eyes and big smile, and said, "Sure Sweetheart."
Out of the noise of the busy market place a sharp voice came "Young lady what do you think your doing? And where did you get that money?"
The little girl look at her mother's stern face and said "We found it momma."
"Found it! Found it where? Why is your hair wet?"
"Under the machines. I was sucking on it." The little girl replied as she grabbed the wet strand of hair and placed it in her mouth. Only then did she realize it was half an inch farther up then she could suck.
"Kids, why don't we go find a place to eat while your mom finishes paying." Said the old grandmother.
The kids followed her to a table where they sat. She looked at her two grandchildren and asked in a soft voice, "Okay, kids where did you really get the money from? Dong worry I won't tell your mother and you won't be get in trouble."
They looked at each other and the little girl said, "We got it from the wishing pond." She looked down, feeling ashamed, when she heard her grandmother laugh.
"You know, your mother stole petemoss from the local grocery store when she was 17, because she was bored. I found it the next day in the back yard, when she told me what she had done I made her return it to the store. After that we just laughed about it."
"What are you all laughing at?" The mother had come to join them to eat. She took a good long stern look at her children and asked "Are you two ready to tell me, where you really got all that money?"
With out hesitation the little girl looked at her mom with a very serious face and replied "The wishing pond. But momma you can't be bad at us. You stole from a grocery store once and you were much older then we are."
There was a moment of silence and everyone started laughing. "Did you have to tell them that?" The daughter asked her mother. "Couldn't you have at least told them about your escapade as a thief, instead of mine?"
"Wait... Gramz has stolen?" The boy asked after catching his breath.
"A story for a different day son."
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